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17 thoughts on “Open hardware, open thread”

I have a sore throat, but I’m not sure if that means I’m coming down with something, or just dehydrated, or what. Working from home is a no-brainer in any case, but what I’m really trying to figure out is whether I should go to the gym. *sigh*

Leigh, I thought you did a great job in that video. That is a really exciting project and I wish they had shown more of the video they took. You made me want to get back into hardware hacking. I just have to learn electronics again.

Thank you so much for that link! I am reading everything there and thinking about all of the parts I have around here. I have a couple of simple books here somewhere I think that I need to study before I begin, but I am definitely feeling inspired. I just don’t want to mistake a diode for a resistor or something and make a mess. (grins)

I’ve actually been kinda inspired by all the open hardware stuff I’ve seen in the past few weeks — so much so that when the sound went out in my headphones the other day, I said to myself, “Yannow — I’m sick and tired of paying for new earbuds every couple of months. I’m gonna fix these damn things.”

Just wanted to point out something that upset me recently…
Sparkfun (who I buy a lot of stuff from, and generally seems pretty inclusive) has made a small offhand comment about buying stuff for “child/hacker/husband/friend”. Apparently wives don’t need or want sparkfun stuff.